New At Taking Coin Photos. Advice Please

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MSI2 Valued Member United States 223 Posts	Posted 10/30/2018 11:30 am I would like to take photos of some extra coins I plan on sell at ebay. My daughter just inherited a Nikon D5200 camera along with two lenses. 1) Tamron 18-270 mm F/3.5-6.3 2) Nikon 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6G My uneducated questions are: Can either of the above lenses be used to take close up of coins? What additional accessories do I need? Thank you for any and all help. Report this Post to the Staff

paxbrit Pillar of the Community United States 992 Posts	Posted 10/30/2018 1:55 pm Either lens should be fine, the Nikon is my preference for clarity, but the Tamron zoom should work, too. Unless you have a tripod, you'll need one, and a place to shoot your coins. The camera is a good one, you don't need another. Get some photo software to load, unload, and crop. Use side angle lighting, and correct temperature for lights. And a paper diffuser you make at home. You can get an LED/LCD bulb at a hardware store. Edited by paxbrit 10/30/2018 1:57 pm Report this Post to the Staff
dave700x Rest in Peace United States 10625 Posts	Posted 10/30/2018 2:11 pm You may want to look into software that allows you to tether your camera to your computer. Unless something has changed I don't think this feature is part of the Nikon software package. Report this Post to the Staff
qxy Valued Member Netherlands 74 Posts	Posted 10/30/2018 3:19 pm I have the same camera; there is no tethering option in the software that comes for free with the camera, only a paid package. However, DigicamControl is free and works perfectly fine with this camera. For photo editing I use Gimp, also free. Report this Post to the Staff
MSI2 Valued Member United States 223 Posts	Posted 11/01/2018 11:49 am To paxbrit, dave700x and qxy-thank you for the helpful information and advice. It'd greatly appreciated. Report this Post to the Staff
Jadey Pillar of the Community United States 900 Posts	Posted 11/11/2018 08:25 am Just FYI. I just set up an ebay seller account and posted some low value coin items. It turns out that there is a 10 item selling limit imposed on new sellers. I did not discover this until I tried to post an 11th item. So, though you receive 50 free listings/month, you don't get to take advantage of that for apparently 90 days. Quite frustrating. Report this Post to the Staff
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